General Travel Information

• Upon arrival on Saturday, November 22nd transportation to the hotel from LaGuardia International Airport will be provided only between 12:00 noon and 5:00pm. We do not pick up at JFK, Newark or Islip airports.
• Upon departing New York Hilton on Friday, November 28th, transportation to LaGuardia airport will be provided only between 5:00am and 12:00 noon. If your flight is scheduled to depart prior to 8:00am or after 3:00pm you will be responsible for your own transportation to the airport. In order to qualify for these services you must book your flight reservation arriving and/or departing from LaGuardia International Airport. You must have your flight itinerary submitted online, on or before Friday, September 12, 2008.It is your responsibility to provide our office with any schedule changes, flight number changes, etc. immediately. If we are not notified of your changes in a timely manner, transportation will not be guaranteed.
  Services to include:
  • Arrival Day ($40 per person)
  • Staff member to meet and greet individual(s) at baggage claim at LaGuardia airport
  • A charter bus to the Hilton New York
  
  Departure Day ($40 per person)
  • A secure holding area for one (1) piece of checked luggage the night before departure. This is required if you purchase the return. No exceptions.
• Mike Miller and Associates will provide a charter bus to your designated terminal at LaGuardia International Airport
• At least one (1) staff member will be on the charter bus to assist as needed.
  Mike Miller and Associates will not provide transportation to or from the hotel for those taking the train, bus, or those flying into or out of JFK, Newark or Islip International airports.

• Your one (1) piece of checked luggage can weigh no more than 50lbs.
• The linear inches of this one (1) piece cannot exceed 62 inches. To determine the linear size of your luggage add together the length, plus width, plus height.
• Please note that if your checked luggage weighs more than 50lbs or is oversized the airline will charge you additional fees.

• If your school/gym/studio has an uneven number, and space permits, a spectator may room with participants, if and only if, it benefits all participants from this school/studio.
• If your school/studio has 3 or more participants we will NOT assist you with rooming. You must purchase the triple occupancy package.
• If your school/studio has 2 or less total participants and NO adults traveling with your group we will assist you in placing you in a room with other participants traveling without adults.
• Participants and spectators will be responsible for any increase in supplement pay if someone from your school/studio adds or cancels at a later date.
• Mike Miller & Associates will NOT assist any Spectator in locating roommates.
• Please indicate on your application form the one point of contact for your school/gym/studio (This must be an adult.) The ONE person per school/gym/studio should be the ONLY point of contact to Mike Miller & Associates regarding your rooming questions.

1. We have purchased tickets for the participants and spectators to see "In The Heights" - a new Broadway musical. Other Broadway shows MAY be assigned once we have used our allotment of tickets to "In The Heights."
2. Meal Coupons are offered to our event participants only and include a multitude of items from which to select.
   Participating fast food restaurants include: Au Bon Pain; McDonalds; Sbarro (pizza and pasta); COSI, [subject to change].
   We do not encourage our event Spectators to patronize these restaurants during the participants scheduled meal times. Participant meal times are short and the restaurants have a very limited amount of seating.
3. We STRONGLY encourage trip cancellation insurance. Log onto www.insuremytrip.com for purchasing procedures. This information is provided to you as a courtesy and protects the event participant and /or spectator if you cancel the trip.
   It must be purchased within seven (7) days of registration deadline in order to qualify for pre-existing conditions. Note: Your $300 deposit is NOT refundable by MMA. Once your final payment is made, no refunds are issued by MMA regardless of circumstances. Note: In the event the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is cancelled after the refund period, participants and spectators may still take advantage of the amenities offered in this package.
4. Please note that Mike Miller & Associates and Macy's offers NO SPECIAL PARADE SEATING. You may enjoy the Parade by standing on the street (more information will be offered once you arrive in New York).

• Wheelchairs and crutches are not available through MMA or the Hilton New York.
  Information can be provided on where to rent these items in New York by contacting the MMA office.
• We regret that we are unable to supply staff members to accompany those on crutches and in wheelchairs.
• Student participants must be able to walk down the line-of-march without assistance.
• Please arrive in New York in good physical and healthy condition; the week is demanding. We provide First Aid staff and Athletic Trainers and the hotel does provide an "on-call" doctor at your expense.
• If a participant arrives in New York without an adult and the hotel "on call" doctor advises us that they are contagious we will automatically place the participant in a single room and charge the single room supplement or return the participant home at the parent's expense.